Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Site Reoccupation and Structure Reuse at the Maya site of San Bartolo, El Peten, Guatemala

在E·威利斯·安德鲁斯五世博士的监督下，黛安·戴维斯将在圣巴托洛的玛雅古迹进行考古调查。圣巴托洛位于危地马拉佩泰恩省的东北部，在被遗弃之前曾在公元前500年至公元200年间被占领。该遗址在公元600年左右被重新占领，有证据表明，这些后来的定居者重新使用了被遗弃的建筑和纪念碑。研究的目的是通过对选定的住宅群进行挖掘来识别和调查结构重复使用的性质。对再利用现象的研究对考古界具有智力价值，因为它可以揭示建造建筑物所涉及的实际考虑因素，如所投入的能量、所使用的建筑材料类型，以及在重建和平整早期结构方面的工程努力。此外，研究建筑、相关特征和文物的再利用可以揭示人们的一些象征性、仪式或政治考虑。这项研究的结果将阐明过去是如何通过建筑和文物的媒介被操纵来表达后人的需求和价值观的。这将会引起研究社会记忆的历史学家的兴趣。对建筑特征的比较，如风格、技术、材料和建筑质量，也将使更广泛的研究定义和区分圣巴托洛的晚期古典再利用与其最初的用途。这项调查将对那些进行聚落模式研究或家庭考古的人产生兴趣。最后，拟议的研究将提供关于圣巴托洛占领的时间和范围以及社会、经济或政治组织的第一个实质性证据。调查结果将以各种方式分发，包括向危地马拉人类学和历史研究所(IDAEH)提交一份报告，总结考古发掘和随后得出的结论。研究结果将在国家科学会议上公布。除了对基本知识的贡献外，该项目还对教学和培训各种人，包括代表性不足的群体产生了更广泛的影响。来自危地马拉圣卡洛斯大学的本科生将参加现场的考古项目，联合首席调查员将培训一名危地马拉学生学习考古现场方法。一名危地马拉考古学家和当地村庄的工作人员将协助研究。调查数据将有助于美国和英国女性研究生的博士论文研究。通过这些方式，地方、国家和国际社会将被告知并允许参与这一重要遗址的考古研究。

Under the supervision of Dr E. Wyllys Andrews V, Diane Davies will conduct archaeological investigations at the ancient Maya site of San Bartolo. San Bartolo is located in the northeastern part of the Department of the Petén, Guatemala and was occupied between 500 B.C.-A.D. 200 before it was abandoned. The site was reoccupied around A.D. 600, and there is evidence that abandoned structures and monuments were reused by these later settlers. The research objective is to identify and investigate the nature of structure reuse through excavations in a selected residential group. The study of the phenomenon of reuse is of intellectual merit to the archaeological community as it can reveal much about the practical considerations that were involved in constructing buildings, such as energy invested, the type of building materials used, and the engineering efforts in remodeling and leveling earlier structures. In addition, studying the reuse of architecture, associated features, and artifacts can reveal something of the symbolic, ritual or political considerations of the people. Results of this research will shed light on how the past through the medium of architecture and artifacts was manipulated to express the needs and values of later peoples. This will be of interest to historians investigating social memory. The comparison of architectural features such as style, technique, material, and quality of construction will also enable the broader study of defining and differentiating Late Classic reuse at San Bartolo from its initial occupation. The investigation then will be of interest to those undertaking settlement pattern studies or household archaeology. Lastly, the proposed research will provide the first substantial evidence concerning the timing and extent of occupation and the social, economic, or political organization at San Bartolo. The results of the investigation will be circulated in various ways including a report to the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala (IDAEH) summarizing the archaeological excavations and subsequent conclusions. Findings will be presented at national scientific meetings. In addition to its contribution to basic knowledge this project has the broader impact of teaching and training a variety of people including underrepresented groups. Undergraduates from the University of San Carlos, Guatemala, will participate in an archaeological program at the site and the co-principal investigator will train a Guatemalan student in archaeological field methods. A Guatemalan archaeologist and staff from local villages will assist in the research. Data from the investigation will contribute to the doctoral dissertation research of female American and British graduate students. In these ways the local, national, and international community will be informed and allowed to engage with the archaeological research at this important site.